Haynes, John L. Papers 1846-1945

United States. Congress. House

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U.S. House of Representatives is the lower house of Congress. From the guide to the Subscription lists, 1870, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) The first session of the Congress of the United States, under a resolution passed by the Congress of the Confederation, on September 13, 1788, was called to meet in New York City on March 4, 1789. On the appointed day only 13 Members of the House were present and, as this number did not constitute a quorum, the sessions...

Halleck, Henry Wager, 1815-1872

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Halleck was born on a farm in Westernville, Oneida County, New York, third child of 14 of Joseph Halleck, a lieutenant who served in the War of 1812, and Catherine Wager Halleck. Young Henry detested the thought of an agricultural life and ran away from home at an early age to be raised by an uncle, David Wager of Utica. He attended Hudson Academy and Union College, then the United States Military Academy. He became a favorite of military theorist Dennis Hart Mahan and was allowed to teach class...

Haynes, John L., 1821–1888

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Flanagan, James W. (James Wainwright), 1872-

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James Winwright Flanagan (1805-1887) was born in Gordonsville, Virginia and grew up in Henderson, Texas. He practiced law after passing the bar in 1825 and later served in the Texas House of Representatives (1851-52) and the Texas Senate (1855-1856). Flanagan was elected lieutenant governor of Texas in 1869 and served as a Republican in the U. S. Senate (1870-1875). “Flanagan, James Winwright.” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed March 8, 2012....

Mills, W. W. (William Wallace), 1836-1913

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William Wallace Mills (1836-1913) was a soldier, businessman, customs collector, consul, and El Paso pioneer. Mills and his brother Anson, who named El Paso, were two of the very few anti-secession voters in El Paso in 1860. Mills went to New Mexico to fight with the Union, and was taken prisoner by Confederate forces during the Civil War. In his post-occupation position of United States collector of customs at El Paso, Mills worked towards an 1862 congressional act that...

Haynes, John L.

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John Leal Haynes (1821–1888) was a military and political leader, born in Bedford County, Virginia. In the early 1840s he became the editor of the Lexington, Mississippi, Advertiser . He volunteered for service in the Mexican War and rose to the rank of lieutenant. Subsequently he lived in the frontier towns of Camargo, Tamaulipas, and Rio Grande City, Texas. After service during 1850 as Starr county clerk, he was in the state House of Representatives from 1857 to 1861. Governor Sam...

Powers, Stephen, 1840-1904

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Grand Army of the Republic

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Founded in 1866, in Decatur, Ill. From the description of Grand Army of the Republic scrapbooks, 1913. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 276172404 The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization composed of Civil War Union military veterans, formed in Decatur, Illinois in 1866. The GAR became one of the first advocacy groups in American politics, lobbying for black veterans, pensions, and supporting Republican candidates. The GAR waned during the 1870s as the ...

McCormick, Andrew Phelps, 1832-1916

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Hancock, John

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Pease, E. M. (Elisha Marshall), 1812-1883

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Two land grant certificates for Christopher King and John H. King for land in Denton County, Texas. The first certificate was signed by Texas Governor Elisha M. Pease on April 30, 1857, and the second signed by Texas Governor Sam Houston on February 6, 1860. From the description of Denton County land grants for Christopher C. King, 1857-1860. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 647767788 Born in Enfield, Connecticut...

Norton, A. Banning (Anthony Banning), 1821-1893

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Hamilton, Morgan Calvin, 1809-1893

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